#ECB857#ECB857

#ECB857 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.129 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB857
RGB	rgb(236, 184, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, 8.58, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 55.92, 81.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% 0.0207 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.129 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4559, 52.8056, 16.3919)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB857 #578BEC

analogous

#EC6D57 #ECB857 #D6EC57

triadic

#ECB857 #57ECB8 #B857EC

tetradic

#ECB857 #57EC6D #578BEC #EC57D6

square

#ECB857 #57EC6D #578BEC #EC57D6

split-complementary

#ECB857 #57D6EC #6D57EC

monochromatic

#B47C14 #E6A120 #ECB857 #F2CF8E #F8E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#ECB857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#ECB857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB857

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB857	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 184, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.129 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cd8a',
    500: '#ecb857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb857;
$custom-light: #f6cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.06,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81146,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB857

secondary

#3360B4

accent

#53DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB857

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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